404 World

Be the protagonist. Your actions shape the story.

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404 World is AI-powered interactive fiction. Choose a story, step into the lead role, and decide what happens next: pick an available action or write your own, and AI continues the story.

Read and take part

• Discover stories: Find a genre you enjoy and read in your phone or desktop browser.
• Choose your next move: Select an action or describe what you want to do in your own words.
• Explore story worlds: Enter a world shaped by its characters and your actions.
• Continue anytime: Your progress is saved, so you can return from the story page or your bookshelf.

Create a story

Start with an idea, then set up your protagonist, characters, world, and opening. Create an interactive story of your own and invite others to read it.

Get started

Visit versecraft.cn to begin. You can start without signing up and receive free daily Energy; generating more story uses Energy. To continue on another device, first save your guest content to an account.

The interface is available in Chinese, English, and Japanese. Available stories and translations depend on the online catalog.

About this repository

404 World was formerly known as 文界工坊 (VerseCraft). This repository contains source code from an earlier public version of VerseCraft. The current 404 World service uses a separate codebase, which is not published here. See LICENSE for the license covering the earlier code.